[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
-- On Sat, 21/5/11, inky-adrian inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! Hello Adrian As I made clear to you offlist Alice's playing would not be to your taste but I did suggest it would give an idea of her fluency and musicality. I think it is rather sweeping to suggest there is only one way to play the pipes. Even Kennedy North, an avid supporter of Tom Clough (and the person who got him down to London to do those amazing recordings), said he preferred the very different style of the north Northumberland pipers. Clearly there have always been pipers that differed in approach from the Cloughs and it is inaccurate to suggest that theirs is the only/one true way. The beauty of Alice's playing for me is that she puts very tight staccato as well as choytes in the same piece. For some of us this gives depth and variety and adds more strings to her very expressive bow. Onward upward Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
--- On Sat, 21/5/11, Zack Arbios zaxco...@aol.com wrote: Reminds me of the epic gulf between Seumas Macneill and Gordon Duncan. For Adrian, Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? (and I am a great admirer of what I can see of your playing) I enjoyed Emily's playing, although it far eclipses my ability for any forseeable future, but does provide one more goal to try for. Similarly catching up in any small way with your playing is a laudable goal. I've still got pdfs of Troy's Wedding in those 4 keys which I've zipped and sent to one list member. If any one else with an extended-range chanter would like copies for some interesting finger/key exercise please contact me offlist. Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] whatever
Hello all, to play so many notes with the thumb? What sort of instrument is this. First it was holes, fingered, then a Top A key? Then more key's,7. Then more key's,17. Whatever! We now have some-one playing 60-odd key's in 78 note's? Correct me if I'm wrong. This is very strange. The correct playing method will die and people, like you Anthony , will make money. I'm not influenced by money. I do promote the correct way of playing the Northumberland Small-pipes, as does Mr Ormston; for free! I hope the Northumberland small-pipes would die, as Tom Breckon's agreed with me, it should. your's Fingerless Adrian -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
